Names Will Never Hurt Me (Unless I End Up at the Wrong College)

By JJ HERMES

High-school seniors have plenty to keep track of this time of
year, with admissions essays due and SAT tests to take. And then
there's this: making sure their application to join the ranks of
the Fighting Irish goes to Notre Dame, Ind., and not Baltimore,
Md.

Academic homonyms bewilder prospective students and bookies
alike. Among the contenders for Most Likely to Confuse: Miami
University (Ohio) and the University of Miami (Fla.), not to
mention California State Polytechnic